"Breaking Bread" With Respondents: Strategies to Increase Response Rates and Create Long-Term Cooperation With Health Clinic Administrators.
Kelly N FosterCandace Forbes BrightKate BeattyJordan de JongKristen SurlesLiane VenturaMorgan Jones KiddPublished in: Family & community health (2024)
Findings indicate high response rates are achievable despite high survey burden (ie, detailed information, length of survey). We found that sample screening was critical and that food-based incentives made an impression on respondents that positively impacted the researcher-respondent relationship. Providing detailed methodology and additional literature will assist researchers working with similar populations-a gap in the applied methodological literature that was problematic at the project's onset.